Global Patent Index - EP 3592145 A1

EP 3592145 A1 20200115 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VITRIFYING A BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE

Title (en)

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VITRIFYING A BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE

Title (de)

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERGLASUNG EINER BIOLOGISCHEN SUBSTANZ

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE VITRIFICATION D'UNE SUBSTANCE BIOLOGIQUE

Publication

EP 3592145 A1 20200115 (FR)

Application

EP 18712983 A 20180309

Priority

  • FR 1751987 A 20170310
  • FR 2018050547 W 20180309

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2018162862A1] The invention concerns a cryogenic system (1) for vitrifying a substance comprising biological material to be preserved in a receiving region of a thin tube (8), comprising a tank (10) containing a bath (11) of a cryogenic agent and a support member (80) mounted on said tank in a predetermined first position in which said tube is orientated upright, the receiving region being immersed in a liquid zone (17) of said bath, and an opening of said tube being situated above said bath, in a zone of ambient air above said bath, in order to introduce the substance into the tube, the support member being mounted on said tank in a second predetermined position, in which said receiving region is immersed in the liquid zone and said opening is situated immediately above said liquid zone, in a gaseous zone (18) of said bath above said liquid zone and below said zone of ambient air, and being raised from said second position to said first position.

IPC 8 full level

A01N 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A01N 1/0257 (2013.01 - EP US); A01N 1/0268 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2018162862A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2018162862 A1 20180913; CN 110392527 A 20191029; CN 110392527 B 20211203; EP 3592145 A1 20200115; EP 3592145 B1 20230712; EP 3592145 C0 20230712; FR 3063599 A1 20180914; FR 3063599 B1 20190419; JP 2020513848 A 20200521; JP 7043526 B2 20220329; US 11553708 B2 20230117; US 2020037606 A1 20200206

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 2018050547 W 20180309; CN 201880017360 A 20180309; EP 18712983 A 20180309; FR 1751987 A 20170310; JP 2019571113 A 20180309; US 201816492426 A 20180309